Elizabeth Newland papers, ca. 1970-ca. 1992

MLMSS 8799

fonds

ca. 1970-ca. 1992

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

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1.6 metres of textual material (10 boxes)

Elizabeth (Beth) Newland (1936-1994) historian and tutor of Australian science.

Elizabeth Newland research papers, gathered ca. 1970-ca. 1992, concerning Australian colonial science, Dr George Bennett and other 19th century scientists (including Rev. W.B. Clarke, Gerard Krefft, Paul Strzelecki, John Lotsky, T.H. Huxley, Richard Owen, William Haacke, and William Hay Caldwell), mainly compiled during Elizabeth Newland's research for her Master of Arts thesis (copy included) and PhD thesis; together with tutorial and seminar papers from the Universities of Wollongong and NSW. The papers consist mainly of photocopies of primary sources (correspondence) and secondary sources (journal articles, book extracts, conference papers, manuscript transcriptions, and newscuttings.)


BOX 1
Folders labeled: Bennett papers, Dr. George Bennett’s wanderings in China, Pacific wanderings – medicine, Sandalwood – notes Melanesia, Pacific travels – Nautilus – Elau, Pearly Nautilus, Richard Owen, life and background, Owen papers, Monotremes, Kangaroo

BOX 2
Folders labeled: Wellington caves, [Bryan] gandevia – Medicine – Australia, Zoological Society [London], Darwin and evolution, Gould, Colonial theories, Haacke, Wilhelm, Extract from Michael Hoare’s thesis, Zoology Palaentology general, Palaentology, Hon. Lauderdale Maule, Caldwell, William Hay

BOX 3
Sir Roderick Murchison and Australia: a case study of British influence on Australian geological science, thesis, 1983. Folders labeled: Rev. W. B. Clarke, Murchison’s controversies other than gold, Gold debate Clarke, Gold – general

BOX 4
Folders labeled: The British knight and the colonial cleric, Reef gold, Bendigo and reef gold, Philosophical Society of Australasia (1821) – A study of the membership of an early colonial scientific society, Australian science – biographies

BOX 5
Folders labeled: Trials of a colonial museum curator: the dismissal of Gerard Krefft, 1873, Australian science, Australian science – general, Federation – role of the scientist, Strzelecki, Lhotsky, John, Rev. W. B. Clarke, [T.H.] Huxley, Krefft – correspondence, notes re. Dr George Bennett, Krefft’s letters to Darwin - microfilm from Cambridge University Library, slides

BOX 6
Folders labeled: George Bennett letters [mainly copies of Bennett’s letters to Richard Owen, from the originals held at the British Museum Natural History and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew], Bennett’s letters to Owen, 1833-1840 [copies from originals held at the Royal College of Surgeons of England], Bennett background, Bennett early life, Bennett – Owen paper, Acclimatisation Society, Alpacas, Post Graduate meeting, 1991, several copies of E. Newland’s article ‘Dr George Bennett and Sir Richard Owen: a case study of the colonization of early Australian science’, 1991

BOX 7
Papers related to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, including several copies of E. Newland’s paper: ‘Like a continuous visit to a picture show’; an account of the visit by the British Association for the Advancement of Science to Australia in July to August, 1914, Bibliographies compiled by E. Newland, 1970-1973: Radiation treatment of sewage, Isotape separation by gaseous diffusion, Patents on uranium dioxide pellet fabrication, Nuclear weapons tests in the pacific area, List of references which deal with the political aspects of nuclear weapons testing, articles by Ann Moyal: ‘Scientists in 19th century Australia’, ‘Science technology and society in Australia: a bibliography’, ‘Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society’, June 1986; June 1992.

BOX 8
Folders labeled: Paper – Forgotten early Australian journals of science, Royal Society of NSW, Murchison Clarke paper, Thesis draft chapters, Dr George Bennett and the Australian Museum connection, Australian Museum notes, Melba paper, miscellaneous research material

BOX 9
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Wollongong, School of History and Philosophy of Science, University of NSW tutorial and seminar papers: The Darwinian Revolution tutorials 1-3, The interpretation of Lamarck’s doctrine of transformation, Geology and religion, Uniformitarianism and evolution, Natural theory and Darwinism, Tutorial 10 Darwin, HPS 110 The Industrial Revolution technology and social change, HPS 301 The environmental context, HPS 324 The politics of medicine and health, HPS 321 Technology politics and power, Third world medicine and the pharmaceutical industry, Australian journal of science, The rise of environmentalism

BOX 10
Seminar 1. Scientific movement in France. Seminar 3. The scientific movement and relevant institutions in 19th century Germany. Seminar 4. Scientific movement and relevant institutions in the United States. Seminar 5. The social history of chemistry. Academy of Science workshop papers, various history of science periodicals, 1983-1985

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